Lasaia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Riodinidae
Subfamilia: Riodininae
Tribus: Riodinini
Genus: Lasaia
Genera: L. aerugo – L. agesilas – L. arsis – L. cutisca – L. incoides – L. kennethi – L. lalannei – L. maria – L. maritima – L. meris – L. moeros – L. oileus – L. pseudomeris – L. sessilis – L. sula
Name

Lasaia Bates, 1868

Type species: Papilio meris Stoll, [1781]
References

Gallard, J.-Y. 2008: Rodinidae de Guyana Française Trois especes et trois sous-especes nouvelles (Lepidoptera). Lambillionea, 108(4): 441–454. Reference page.
Hall, J.P.W. & K.R. Willmott, 1998: Three new species of Riodinini from the cloud forests of Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 9 (Suppl. 1): 22–26.
Lamas G., 2004: Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.

Lasaia is a genus of metalmark butterflies in the family Riodinidae. The genus was erected by Henry Walter Bates in 1868. There are about 13 described species in Lasaia, found in North, Central, and South America.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus Lasaia:

Lasaia aerugo Clench, 1972
Lasaia agesilas (Latreille, 1813)
Lasaia arsis Staudinger, 1888
Lasaia incoides (Schaus, 1902)
Lasaia maria Clench, 1971
Lasaia meris Cramer, 1781
Lasaia moeros Staudinger, 1888
Lasaia narses Staudinger, 1888
Lasaia oileus Godman, 1903
Lasaia pseudomeris Clench, 1971
Lasaia scotina Stichel, 1910
Lasaia sessilis Schaus, 1890
Lasaia sula Staudinger, 1888 (blue metalmark)

References

"Lasaia report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
"Lasaia". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
"Lasaia genus information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2020-03-28.

Savela, Markku (June 13, 2015). "Lasaia Bates, 1868". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 28, 2020.

Further reading

Clench, Harry H. (1972). "A review of the genus Lasaia (Riodinidae)". Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 10 (2): 149–180. ISSN 0022-4324.
Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature". The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 40. ISSN 0022-4324.
Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.